2007-03-14 14:11:56 · 11 answers · asked by preetigirl1024 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
it sounds like a good idea but the problem boozers who are the real problem will find ways to get around it
2007-03-14 14:20:11 · answer #1 · answered by Maka 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I personally almost never drink alcohol, but if such a device were installed on my vehicle I would disable it as soon as I figured out how to do so.
In addition to the huge cost of outfitting all vehicle with these devices, you have to factor in the cost of enforcement. Doesn't our law enforcement have better things to do than make sure the average driver's breath analyzer is working? And are we ready to create a new group of criminals out of people like me, who are no particular danger to the public but refuse to accept silly inconveniences?
2007-03-15 08:54:04 · answer #2 · answered by KaeZoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A big con is the fact that the right of the business to manufacture a product as they see fit would be compromised for a political agenda. That easily could open things up to a slippery slope.
If you can legally require car manufacturerers to install breathalizers in their cars...what else can you require and who can you require it from?
2007-03-14 21:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by Evan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cost, especially for elderly and people with fixed incomes, privacy issues, it may be bulky and get in people's way in the vehicle, false positives would keep people from legitimately using their cars, um, that's all I can think of.
2007-03-14 21:42:08 · answer #4 · answered by Grandma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I fully support the installation of those devices for convicted drunk drivers -- 2 years for the first conviction and lifetime for a second one -- I flatly refuse to be put in the dumper with drunk drivers since I don't drive drunk.
2007-03-15 05:27:29 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Drunk drivers may be the scourge of the earth, but subjecting the innocent majority to such an intrusion, and a costly one at that, is irrational.
2007-03-15 01:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by Fred C 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's a violation of your Fourth Amendment rights...this amounts to searching without a warrant. Same with DUI checkpoints...you can't go around searching people who are not suspected of any wrongdoing.
2007-03-14 21:20:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
people would abuse it, i imagine almost every person out there would try to find out how to turn it off, or render it useless. and after that happens we'll be in even deeper trouble with cops trying to enforce proper care and maintanance.
2007-03-15 02:13:01 · answer #8 · answered by Eddy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
- Possibility of equipment malfunction keep someone from going where they want.
- Cost.
-Not effective, can get a friend to breath into for you
2007-03-14 21:17:21 · answer #9 · answered by Al Bunn 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are situations in life when drunk driving is the lesser of available evils...
2007-03-14 21:33:51 · answer #10 · answered by Misha 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋